CompSci 6- Survey Results- Jan. 19, 2010
- What level student are you?
- First year - 28
- Soph - 19
- Jr - 5
- SR - 11
- Grad -2
- Why are you taking CompSci 6?
- Learn programming
- Learn Java
- may major in CS
- Improve problem solving skills
- learn basic programming skilss
- major requirement
- QS requirement
- asset in finance industry
- interested in web startups
- building websites
- gain skills for future courses
- useful for math, helpful with math major
- be able to create things when I am bored
- help me in medical school
- applications to economics
- prepare for CompSci 100E
- useful for marine biology
- CS Experience - mention either no experience of CPS 4, math matlab,
maple, AP CS
- Which best describes you?
- wish I was more confident - 3
- am pretty confident; others don't look to me - 13
- I tend to look to and consult with others, but pretty confident - 35
- I'm pretty confident and others look to me, but not as comfortable as
I'd like to be - 12
- I'm confident and others look to me - 4
- Computers you have - a little more PC than Mac
- Operating Systems - a little more PC than Mac, few linux
- Programming Experience
- No experience in anything or only reading level - 29
- read some code in Java - 10
- written a few lines in Java - 23
- written fair amount of Java - 4
- very knowledgeable in Java - 1
- What about the course are you least looking forward to?
- Debugging
- lengthy assignments
- forgetting semi-colons
- getting behind
- stuck in a problem
- waking up early
- the math
- homework
- exams
- textbook reading
- tons of homework
- the final
- What about this course are you most looking forward to?
learning java
- problem solving
- learning
- program comfortably
- website construction
- getting a great amount of knowledge and experience
- acquiring programming skills
- more familiar with Computer Science
- cool projects
- solving puzzles
- animation
- high score
- chillin with prof. Rodger
- nodes/heaps
- applications to biological sciences
- write the next killer iPhone app